clammy
adj/ˈklæmi/
Etymology
From Middle English clam (“viscous, sticky; slimy”) + -y, from Old English clǣman (“to smear, bedaub”). Compare German klamm (“clammy”) and klemmen (“to be stuck, stick”). See also clam.
- inherited from clǣman
Definitions
Cold and damp, usually referring to hands or palms.
- His hands were clammy from fright.
- The cause is a temperate conglutination ; for both bodies are clammy and viscous , and do bridle the deflux of humours to the hurts , without penning them in too much
The quality of normal skin signs, epidermis that is neither diaphoretic nor dry.
The neighborhood
Derived
clammily, clamminess, clammy goosefoot, clammyweed, unclammy
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA